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recess without passing President Trump's immigration funding plan. Republicans have been pushing for taxpayer money for Trump's ballroom project. The package also includes a nearly $1.8
billion fund that could compensate people. The president says were targeted by the government,
including January six rioters. NPR's Eric Medaniel has more." As to about President Trump's fund that he says will pay reparations to folks unjustly persecuted by the government, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, had this to say, "I don't like it." "Your Senate Republican majority leader, John Thun, on the same issue."
“"I think that there are and will be a lot of questions around that”
that the administration is going to have to answer." Thun said the fund concerns are linked to why these votes are delayed. Republicans were all set to pass three years of funding for immigration enforcement. They control both chambers of Congress, albeit with narrow margins.
But when those slim majorities come up against controversial policies,
the math stops working, Eric Medaniel and Pierre News Washington. "Staving Colbert signed off from the late Joe last night with an emotional farewell after more than a decade behind the desk. The final show featured surprise appearances from fellow late-night hosts, actors, and musicians, including Paul McCartney, who called out from backstage during the show." "Who's going to be my last guest now?" "Hey, Steve, what about me?"
"During his closing monologue, the late-night host thanked his viewers."
“Tonight is our final broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater, where”
no, no, we were lucky enough to be here for the last 11 years. All right, that was fantastic, just a granite." "CBS says the decision to cancel the show was financial, though Colbert and others have publicly questioned whether politics also played a role.
For the first time, a planned parenthood organization is prescribing a abortion
medication for patients who are not pregnant. And Pierre Selina Simmons often reports the service allows patients to have the medications at home. The new service is called just in case abortion pills, and it's being offered by plan parenthood, Great North West, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, and Kentucky. Rebecca Gibran is the CEO. "As evidence, supporting this model of care has continued to grow, and with supportive policy environments
in Washington, and in Hawaii, this really is the right time for us to step into this space.
“The service is available to residents of Washington and Hawaii. They can get it via telehealth or”
in person at 16 health centers to demand for getting abortion medication to have on hand spikes when abortion restrictions are in the news. Selina Simmons, Duffin, and Pierre News. This is NPR. NASCAR driver Kyle Bush has died at the age of 41. He was a two-time Cubseries champion and won more races than any driver across NASCAR's three national series. No cause of death was released earlier this week, Bush's family said he had been hospitalized
with what they described as a severe illness. The window is closing for a registering to vote in this year's primary elections in some parts of the country, and PR's Hansi Lowong reports. Today is Oklahoma's voter registration deadline for the state's June 16th primary. Ellsville voters in Oklahoma have only hours left to sign up online or in person or get their mail-in application postmarked. If you are registering by mail in the U.S. Postal Service
recommends that you go to a post office and ask for a free manual postmark at the counter. In Washington, DC, Ellsville voters haven't till Tuesday to get their mail-in application or to register online. But DC voters still have time to register in person during early voting and on the day of DC's primary on June 16th. If you've already registered to vote, you may want to go to your election officials website and check your status.
Ellsville voters can sometimes be removed from lists, especially if they move, change their name, or haven't voted in a while. On Zee Lowong and PR News. Some New York City residents will soon have a shot at discounted tickets to the Summers World Cup. The city is planning to offer 1,000 tickets priced at $50 each for matches being played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, excluding the final. City officials say safeguards will be put into
place to make sure the tickets go to New York City residents and are not resold on the secondary market. This is NPR News. On Consider This NPR's afternoon news podcast, we cover everything from politics to the economy to the world, but every story starts with a question. NPR, we stand for your right to be curious to make sense of the biggest story of the day
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